Sycamore Fig (Noun)
Meaning
Thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The park's landscape architect deliberately chose a sycamore fig to shade the picnic area due to its impressive canopy.
- Local farmers would often meet under the sycamore fig in the village square to discuss the latest market prices.
- Zacharias sat beneath a ancient sycamore fig as he waited for his encounter with the angel Gabriel.
- Herod the Great reportedly had a large sycamore fig in his gardens at Jericho which was said to be one of the finest in the land.
- As the sun set, children loved to climb and play in the sprawling branches of the giant sycamore fig that stood in the town center.